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Meaning of SECERN

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
 
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 Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart
 
 See Also: compare, contradistinguish, contrast, demarcate, discriminate, dissociate, identify, individualise, individualize, know, know apart, label, place, sex, single out, stratify

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Se*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secerned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Secerning}.] [L. secernere. See {Secrete}.]
1. To separate; to distinguish.
         Averroes secerns a sense of titillation, and a sense
         of hunger and thirst.                 --Sir W.
                                               Hamilton.
2. (Physiol.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose.
   --Arbuthnot.
 
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